"for compiling a higher break than the championship record of 142. 1979 World Snooker Championship The 1979 World Snooker Championship (also known as the 1979 Embassy World Snooker Championship for sponsorship purposes) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 16 and 28 April 1979 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England. Terry Griffiths won in the final 24–16 against Dennis Taylor. The tournament was sponsored by cigarette manufacturer Embassy. The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below: Numbers in (parentheses) indicate seedings. Sources: Source: There were 13 century breaks at the championship, the highest"
"Terry Griffiths Terrence ""Terry"" Griffiths, (born 16 October 1947) is a retired Welsh snooker player and current snooker coach and pundit. He won the World Championship in 1979 at the first attempt, and reached the 1988 final. He also won the Masters in 1980 and the UK Championship in 1982, making him one of ten players to have completed snooker's triple crown. He was known for his slow, cautious yet elegant style of play. Griffiths was born in Llanelli. A former postman, insurance salesman, miner and bus conductor, he had a long amateur career, winning the Welsh Amateur Championship in"
"top players. Having retired from professional play in 1997, he currently coaches top players such as Mark Williams, Marco Fu, Mark Allen, Ali Carter, Joe Perry, Barry Hawkins and Ding Junhui, and in the past has coached Stephen Hendry and Stephen Maguire. He is the Director of Coaching at the South West Snooker Academy. He also frequently commentates on snooker for the BBC. Terry Griffiths Terrence ""Terry"" Griffiths, (born 16 October 1947) is a retired Welsh snooker player and current snooker coach and pundit. He won the World Championship in 1979 at the first attempt, and reached the 1988 final."
"world champion at the first attempt. In the same year he was part of the Welsh team that won the inaugural World Cup of snooker: he, Ray Reardon and Doug Mountjoy beat England 14–3 in the final. But at the end of 1979, he lost 13–14 in the UK Championship final to John Virgo. 1980 started well for Griffiths as he won the Masters, beating Alex Higgins 9–5 in front of 2,323 spectators at the Wembley Conference Centre. It was his first appearance at the Masters and turned out to be his only win there. He then won the Irish"
"six century breaks and a further 10 breaks of 50 throughout the match as he defeated Hawkins 18–12. For reaching the final he received prize money of £125,000, three times more than his previous biggest pay-day. Hawkins' turnaround from being a solid player to a ranking event winner and World Championship runner-up has been credited, in part, to his work with 1979 champion Terry Griffiths who has helped to give him the self-belief to make the most of his game. His successful season saw him climb 13 spots in the rankings to a career high world number nine, the first"
"1980 Masters (snooker) The 1980 Benson & Hedges Masters was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place from Tuesday 5th to Saturday 9 February 1980 at the Wembley Conference Centre in London, England. 10 players were invited for the tournament. The event had previously been played from Monday to Friday but was switched to have a Saturday finish. Terry Griffiths won the Masters by beating Alex Higgins, just 9 months after winning the World Championship. Higgins made his third final in a row. Griffiths won the title by 9–5 with a break of 131. An attendance of 2,323 attended"
"the Conference Centre for final session of the match, which was a record at the time. Total: 2 1980 Masters (snooker) The 1980 Benson & Hedges Masters was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place from Tuesday 5th to Saturday 9 February 1980 at the Wembley Conference Centre in London, England. 10 players were invited for the tournament. The event had previously been played from Monday to Friday but was switched to have a Saturday finish. Terry Griffiths won the Masters by beating Alex Higgins, just 9 months after winning the World Championship. Higgins made his third final in"
"remembered for recovering from 8-2 down to win 9-8 against Terry Griffiths in the first round of the 1978 UK Championship, in Griffiths's first televised match (Griffiths was World Champion the following year). He retired as a Snooker player after the 1995 Embassy World Championships although he continued on the Billiard circuit until 1999. Williams was heavily involved in the administration of snooker and billiards. In 1968, he inspired the resurrection of the defunct Professional Billiards Players Association in the guise of the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA) and served as its chairman from 1968 to 1987 and"
"Monday to watch their match. The affair was a low-scoring one, producing only three breaks over 20 in the first eight frames. Eventually, Parkin pulled away from 5–4 to win 9–4, with a top break in the match of only 29, bettered by Bennett's 31 in frame nine. In April 1979, at the World Championship, Bennett drew Terry Griffiths, in the first round of qualifying. Bennett won the first two frames but lost nine frames in a row to lose 9–2. Griffiths went on to win the tournament, becoming World Champion at his first attempt. Bennett played more through his"
"1949 World Snooker Championship The 1949 World Snooker Championship was a snooker tournament held at the Leicester Square Hall in London, England. For the third year running the final was contested by Fred Davis and Walter Donaldson. Davis became the second player to defend his first world title after Joe Davis in 1928 by defeating Donaldson 80–65 in the final, although he had taken a winning lead of 73–58 on the previous day. The match was still in the balance with the score at 63–58 before Davis won 10 frames in a row to take the title. Donaldson made the"
"1980 World Snooker Championship The 1980 World Snooker Championship (also known as the 1980 Embassy World Snooker Championship for the purposes of sponsorship) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 22 April and 5 May 1980 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England. Cliff Thorburn won in the final 18–16 against Alex Higgins. The tournament was sponsored by cigarette manufacturer Embassy. The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below: Numbers in (parentheses) indicate seedings. Source: There were 11 century breaks at the championship. Kirk Stevens and Steve Davis shared the high break prize when"
"three matches were at Leicester Square Hall. 1949 World Snooker Championship The 1949 World Snooker Championship was a snooker tournament held at the Leicester Square Hall in London, England. For the third year running the final was contested by Fred Davis and Walter Donaldson. Davis became the second player to defend his first world title after Joe Davis in 1928 by defeating Donaldson 80–65 in the final, although he had taken a winning lead of 73–58 on the previous day. The match was still in the balance with the score at 63–58 before Davis won 10 frames in a row"
"1999 World Snooker Championship The 1999 World Snooker Championship (also referred to as the 1999 Embassy World Snooker Championship for the purposes of sponsorship) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 17 April–3 May 1999 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England. John Higgins was the defending champion, but he lost in the semi-finals 10–17 against Mark Williams and became another World Champion who fell to the Crucible curse and could not defend his first World title. Stephen Hendry won his seventh and final World title by defeating Mark Williams in the final by 18 frames to"
"Taylor 5–2 and Ray Reardon 5–1. Spencer led Terry Griffiths 5–2 and had Griffiths needing two snookers in the next frame. Despite this, Griffiths would end up the victor by 6–5 after almost six hours of play. Spencer thus missed out on a major final with old rival Alex Higgins. Remarkably, Spencer's 10–9 first round victory over Ray Edmonds at the 1981 World Championship was his first victory in the Championship since his title victory in 1977. Hopes that Spencer would progress further were dashed by an even older adversary, Ray Reardon, who recovered from 3–0 and 7–5 behind to"
"has carried more ranking points than any tournament other than the World Championship until being overtaken by the International Championship and China Open, both of which offer a higher number of ranking points based on the amount of money in pounds sterling on offer for winning the event. The tournament has seen many memorable finals. In 1977 and 1979, it provided Patsy Fagan and John Virgo with their first and only major tournament wins respectively. In 1980, it was Steve Davis's first of his 73 professional tournament wins. In 1981, the final between Davis and Terry Griffiths set the stage"
"Abbey Golf Club which was named Welsh Golf Club of the Year 2009. Llanelli is the birthplace and home of Terry Griffiths OBE, snooker world champion in 1979 and runner up in 1988. Now a coach and snooker commentator, he runs The Terry Griffiths Matchroom in the town centre. Llanelli is home to the company Tinopolis, one of the Britain's largest independent media producers. The company has many subsidiaries, which produce over 2,500 hours of broadcast television, including English language television programmes such as ""Question Time"" for the BBC and Welsh-language television programs such as ""Wedi 7"" for S4C. Coverage"
"1977 World Snooker Championship The 1977 World Snooker Championship (also known as the 1977 Embassy World Snooker Championship for the purposes of sponsorship) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 18 and 30 April 1977 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield. John Spencer won in the final 25–21 against Cliff Thorburn. The event was sponsored by cigarette manufacturer Embassy. Spencer at aged 41 was the oldest Crucible champion until Ray Reardon won the 1978 Championship aged 45. The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below: Numbers in (parentheses) indicate seedings. Sources: Source: There were"
"in Newport, Wales. 1999 World Snooker Championship The 1999 World Snooker Championship (also referred to as the 1999 Embassy World Snooker Championship for the purposes of sponsorship) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 17 April–3 May 1999 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England. John Higgins was the defending champion, but he lost in the semi-finals 10–17 against Mark Williams and became another World Champion who fell to the Crucible curse and could not defend his first World title. Stephen Hendry won his seventh and final World title by defeating Mark Williams in the final by"
"six century breaks at the championship. The highest break of the tournament was 135 made by John Spencer. 1977 World Snooker Championship The 1977 World Snooker Championship (also known as the 1977 Embassy World Snooker Championship for the purposes of sponsorship) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 18 and 30 April 1977 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield. John Spencer won in the final 25–21 against Cliff Thorburn. The event was sponsored by cigarette manufacturer Embassy. Spencer at aged 41 was the oldest Crucible champion until Ray Reardon won the 1978 Championship aged 45. The breakdown"
"1929 World Snooker Championship The 1929 World Snooker Championship was a snooker tournament held between 17 December 1928 and 7 March 1929 at various venues in England, with the final beginning on 4 March 1929. Joe Davis won his third World title by defeating Tom Dennis 19–14 in the final. ""Dead"" frames were played, the score when Davis won the match was 17–12. The highest break of the tournament was 61 made by Davis in the final. Five players entered the Championship: Joe Davis (Chesterfield), Tom Dennis (Nottingham), Fred Lawrence (Birmingham), Alec Mann (Birmingham) and Kelsall Prince (Loughborough). In July"
"Alex Higgins Alexander Gordon Higgins (18 March 1949 – 24 July 2010) was a Northern Irish professional snooker player, who is remembered as one of the most iconic figures in the game. Nicknamed Hurricane Higgins because of his fast play, he was World Champion in 1972 and 1982, and runner-up in 1976 and 1980. He won the UK Championship in 1983 and the Masters in 1978 and 1981, making him one of ten players to have completed snooker's Triple Crown. He was also World Doubles champion with Jimmy White in 1984, and won the World Cup three times with the"
"playing again the current world champion Terry Griffiths making his Pot Black debut and Reardon went on to reach the final losing to Eddie Charlton 1-2 who himself won his third title equalling the record with John Spencer. 1980 Pot Black The 1980 Pot Black was a professional invitational snooker tournament, which was held in the Pebble Mill Studios in Birmingham. 8 players were competing in 2 four player groups. The matches were now only one-frame shoot-outs in the group stages, 2 frame aggregate scores in the semi-finals and the best of 3 frames in the final. Broadcasts were on"
"1982 World Doubles Championship The 1982 World Doubles was the first championship of a doubles format which unique to the game of snooker. The championship was sponsored by brewers Hofmeister and 29 players entered the event with the last 16 competing at the National Recreation Centre in Crystal Palace, London. It was played in December with the semi-finals and final televised on ITV between 15 and 19 December 1982. The venue was not popular and in one match between Terry Griffiths and Doug Mountjoy against Kirk Stevens and Jim Wych only had 67 spectators during the first session. Steve Davis"
"1981 World Snooker Championship The 1981 World Snooker Championship (also known as the 1981 Embassy World Snooker Championship for sponsorship reasons) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 6 and 20 April 1981 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England. Steve Davis won in the final 18–12 against Doug Mountjoy. The tournament was sponsored by cigarette manufacturer Embassy. The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below: Numbers in (parentheses) indicate seedings. Sources: There were 13 century breaks in the championship, equalling the record from 1979. Mountjoy meanwhile made a record at the World Championship"
"1939 World Snooker Championship The 1939 World Snooker Championship was a snooker tournament held at the Thurston's Hall in London, England. Joe Davis won his 13th consecutive World title by defeating Sidney Smith 43–30 in the final. Fred Davis made a new championship record with a top break of 113. There were a record 15 entries for the Championship. The numbers in the competition proper was increased from 8 to 12. A qualifying competition was again used, with the four selected players competing for a place in the final twelve. Although the competition itself was played at Thurston's Hall, the"
"would no longer play in the World Championship. Davis did not, in any other sense, retire from snooker, continuing to play in other tournaments and exhibition matches for many years. Walter Donaldson won the title by defeating Fred Davis 82–63 in the final, although he already reached the winning margin at 73–49. Davis made the highest break of the tournament with a 135 clearance in frame 86 of the final, just one short of the championship record. Source: Qualifying matches were held at Burroughes Hall in London from 2 January to 8 February 1947. Herbert Holt had scratched from the"
"each player winning two. The Championship Cup was afterwards presented by Dr. Tinsley Lindley. 1929 World Snooker Championship The 1929 World Snooker Championship was a snooker tournament held between 17 December 1928 and 7 March 1929 at various venues in England, with the final beginning on 4 March 1929. Joe Davis won his third World title by defeating Tom Dennis 19–14 in the final. ""Dead"" frames were played, the score when Davis won the match was 17–12. The highest break of the tournament was 61 made by Davis in the final. Five players entered the Championship: Joe Davis (Chesterfield), Tom"
"Greer Stevens Greer ""Cat"" Stevens (born 15 February 1957) is a retired professional tennis player from South Africa. Stevens in 1980 reached a career high singles ranking of World No. 7 and the Wimbledon quarterfinals in both singles and doubles]. With Bob Hewitt, she won the mixed doubles event at Wimbledon in 1977 and 1979 and at the US Open in 1979. She also played for the Boston Lobsters of World TeamTennis. Greer retired in December 1980, after competing in the New South Wales Open, having had her career best year. Note: The Australian Open was held twice in 1977,"
"5–1) and Dennis Taylor 9–5 (having trailed 5–3). In the final he led Terry Griffiths 4–1 but eventually lost 9–5. Earlier in the season he played in his last Masters, beating Kirk Stevens 5–4 in the first round before losing to Terry Griffiths 5–2 in the quarter-finals. Davis won the World Billiards Championships in June 1980, beating Rex Williams 5978-4452, and in so doing became the only player except for Joe Davis to have lifted both the World Snooker and World Billiards titles. However, he was quick to point out that standards differed markedly from those of the 1930s when"
"1982 UK Championship (snooker) The 1982 Coral UK Championship was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place at the Guild Hall in Preston, England. The event began on 20 November 1982 and the televised stages were shown on BBC between 27 November and 4 December 1982. Terry Griffiths won his first and only UK Championship by winning the last 3 frames to beat Alex Higgins 16–15. He also beat defending champion Steve Davis, who had beaten him in the previous final on his way to victory. The highest break of the tournament was 137 made by Higgins. The breakdown"
"1978 UK Championship (snooker) The 1978 Coral UK Championship was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 22 November and 1 December 1978 at the Guild Hall in Preston. England. 1978 would be the first of 20 UK Championship competitions to be played in Preston's Guildhall. For the first time the event was sponsored by Coral and they would continue doing so until 1985. The most dramatic match came in the qualifying rounds when Terry Griffiths, a newly turned professional was beaten 8–9 by Rex Williams after leading 8–2. The championship proper also provided plenty of surprises. Patsy"
"1979 Cricket World Cup Final The final of the 1979 ICC Cricket World Cup was played in Lord's, London on 23 June. This was the second time that Lord's had hosted an ICC Cricket World Cup final. The match was won by the West Indies when they defeated England by 92 runs to lift the trophy. England won the toss and chose to field first. The West Indies got off to a bad start, falling to 99/4 with the loss of Greenidge, Haynes, Kallicharan, and captain Clive Lloyd. However, Vivian Richards (138 from 157 balls, 11 fours, 3 sixes) and"
"£18,000. Björn Borg defeated Roscoe Tanner, 6–7, 6–1, 3–6, 6–3, 6–4 Martina Navratilova defeated Chris Evert Lloyd, 6–4, 6–4 Peter Fleming / John McEnroe defeated Brian Gottfried / Raúl Ramírez, 4–6, 6–4, 6–2, 6–2 Billie Jean King / Martina Navratilova defeated Betty Stöve / Wendy Turnbull, 5–7, 6–3, 6–2 Bob Hewitt / Greer Stevens defeated Frew McMillan / Betty Stöve, 7–5, 7–6 Ramesh Krishnan defeated Dave Siegler, 6–0, 6–2 Mary-Lou Piatek defeated Alycia Moulton, 6–1, 6–3 1979 Wimbledon Championships The 1979 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor grass courts at the All England Lawn"